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Matthew 24:24- Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.

Are you ready? Will you be ready? Are you making preparations to one day meet Christ?

There are many questions in life that MUST be answered by everyone of us that can be put off, ignored or prolonged, but the question of our eternal destination is one that can not be put off, but MUST be answered today.

Scripture clearly states that there is an "hour", in which Christ will return to the world. "Hour" here means a definite space of time, a season, or a particular time for anything.

We are told in Matthew 24:26-"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

The point to be made today is not "if or when" Christ will return, but the true fact that He "WILL" return.

The question that can no longer be ignored, forced to the the back of our minds, denied, rejected or suppressed is "will we be ready"?

Ready or not, Christ is coming for He said in John 14 that He was going away to the Father to prepare a place for those who belong to Him and that He will come back to receive them unto Him for where He is, they also will be.

If you are not ready to meet Christ, you "WILL NOT" spend eternity with Him. Heaven is a prepared place for prepared people.

The world wants us to believe that we can live life here on earth any kinda way we want to and then transition gloriously into eternity in heaven with God forever. Do not believe that for it is a "LIE" from satan.

Jesus is coming to receive His "OWN"! Those who are described in John 1:12-But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name.

Have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior? Is He sitting on the throne of your heart?

Have you accepted God's atoning work at Calvary as the debt paid for your sins? Do you believe by faith that Christ died for you by the shedding of His blood? Have you confessed that you are a sinner in need of a Savior? Have you received by faith the Gospel message of Jesus Christ as your own?

Regardless if man acknowledge, accepts or rejects Christ, it does not negate the fact that He is God.

Christ is coming for those who have received Him. Romans 10:9-that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

"SIN" won't take you to hell for Jesus has already paid the penalty for our sins, but "REJECTION" of the Gospel "WILL" take you there.

Of course, after we are saved, "WILLFUL SIN" should not be our desire nor way of life anymore. Hebrews 10:26-For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Now is the acceptable time. Today is the day of salvation for no man knows the day nor the hour when Christ will return.

Believe it or not, but the world and all it's pleasures will one day be no more. 1 Corinthians 7:13-Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.

1 John 2:16-17-For everything that is in the world—the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17-And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.

Many today are not taking seriously the Words of God that is written in His bible. They have chosen to eat, drink and be merry. To live life as if there is no God, but this is a terrible state to find yourself in on today.

We do not often think as seriously as we should about God, but since we have been warned in scripture about His return, what will we do? If not prepared, will you prepare?

The need to prepare to meet God is clear throughout scripture.

Revelation 20:11-15-Then I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. From His face the earth and the heavens fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. Books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their works as recorded in the books.

13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one by his works. 14 Then death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Heaven is real and Hell is real. Where do plan to spend eternity? With God or apart from God?

Since we know that this will happen, will we prepare?

Are you ready? Will you be ready? Are you making preparations to one day meet Christ?

My prayer for you on today is that you "WILL" be ready when Christ returns.

Do not allow these questions to go unanswered in your life anymore. Today is the day to respond and act.